The Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association (APMAA) holds its 15th Annual Conference (APMAA 2019) at Qatar University (جامعة قطر, QU), in Doha from November 2nd (Monday) to 5th (Thursday), 2019. The conference is organized by the College of Business and Economics (CBE), Qatar University, under the leadership of Dr. Khalid Al-Abdulqader and Dr. Mohammed Elgammal, Chairs of the APMAA 2019 Annual Conference Organizing Committee. This is the first time for APMAA to hold its annual conference in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). Established in May 1981, the GCC is a political and economic alliance of six Middle Eastern countries—Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Oman. As everyone knows, Qatar is a high-income economy, backed by the world's third-largest natural-gas reserves and oil reserves. The country is classified by the UN as a country of very high human development. Qatar will host the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Qatar University is the main state university in Qatar, hosting nine colleges – Arts and Sciences, Business and Economics, Education, Engineering, Law, Sharia and Islamic Studies, Pharmacy, College of Health Science, and College of Medicine. QU currently boasts a population of over 20,000 students. Qatar University has a growing number of specialist, Masters and Ph.D. programs, and enjoys multiple significant research successes. In fact, the university ranked at No. 393 in the 2018 QS World University Ranking. We, directors of APMAA, are all excited about having APMAA 2019 at Qatar University, the most respected university in Qatar. The Asia-Pacific Management Accounting Association, founded in 2004, has grown into one of the world’s leading associations of scholars and specialists in the field of management accounting. The main goal of the APMAA annual conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners to exchange theories, ideas, techniques and experiences relating to all aspects of management and business accounting. Our annual conferences provide a very good opportunity for our members to interact face-to-face with experts from all over the world. Qatar University applied to be the APMAA 2019 conference venue at the APMAA 2015 board meeting held at Warmadewa University Bali, Indonesia, and we unanimously approved. Immediately after receiving an approval notification, the conference organizing team at the CBE started to prepare for APMAA 2019. I would like to express my sincere appreciation to the dedication of all organizing team members in making this conference an attractive one.